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Connecticut First Coalition News Alert
THE FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS & RELATED ISSUES ARE ON THE CONNECTICUT FIRST "WATCH LIST". YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ABOUT THE MISUSE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS.
Cabela's Sporting Goods, East Hartford, CT - This Pratt & Whitney campus building and construction project has drawn millions of dollars from state taxpayers and over $7 million in East Hartford taxpayer dollars while out-of-state contractors and employees take home our hard-earned tax dollars.
McCarthy Concrete Company, East Windsor, CT - Hired to work on the Cabela's Sporting Goods project, but offering undocumented Mexican workers on the job site instead.
University of Connecticut said goodbye to its longtime controversial president. Under Phil Austin, Connecticut taxpayers have lost almost one billion dollars in tax dollar waste during the past and ongoing construction projects at the Storrs campus due to mismanagement. With another billion dollars in the project funnel and a possible new health center being proposed, UConn officials need to be watched carefully as they rebuild their construction oversight process. How many out-of-state construction management companies and contractors will continue to be shipped into our state?
Konover Construction Company consistently works on development projects throughout Connecticut while hiring out-of-state sub-contractors and workers.
